With the fall sports season beginning, the National Athletic Trainers» Association (
NATA)
recommends that athletic health care providers conduct a «Time Out» before athletic events to ensure that an emergency action plan (EAP) is reviewed and in place.
In a position statement on the management of sport - related concussion published in the September 2004 issue of The Journal of Athletic Training, the National Athletic Trainers Association (
NATA) refused to endorse any of the three approaches to concussion management, but
recommended that certified athletic trainers and team physicians, at the very least, «agree on a philosophy for managing sport - related concussions before the start of the athletic season,» and, after deciding on an approach, «be consistent in its use regardless of the athlete, sport, or circumstances surrounding the injury.»